The BEST episodes of The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
Every episode of The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!!
The Cat in The Hat knows a lot about virtually every thing. With the help of fish, thing 1, and thing 2; the Cat in the Hat teaches kids about many things through song and games.
#1 - Trick or Treat
Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 10/21/2011
It's Halloween! The Cat in the Hat takes Sally and Nick trick or treating--his way! Around the world they go, meeting three new friends who teach Sally and Nick the tricks that they each do and share the treats that they like to eat. Back home, Nick and Sally are ready to go trick-or-treating, with plenty of new tricks up their sleeves.
#2 - Pucker Up and Blow
Season 1 - Episode 48 - Aired 9/5/2011
Nick and Sally are trying to whistle but they just can't seem to get it right! The Cat takes them to visit his friend, Rocky the Winter Wren, who is an expert whistler. Rocky, and his son Ricky, offer this advice: if you want to whistle, start with one note and practice.
#3 - I See Seeds
Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 3/2/2011
Sally and Nick are going on an adventure, but how are they going to get there? Skateboard? Train? Rocketship? They just can't decide! Until Cat suggests they see how trees send their seeds on trips. They follow different seeds as they travel through the air, float on the water, and hitch rides on animals.
#4 - The Lost Egg
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 11/30/2010
The kids are decorating the tree house for a party. The Cat knows the world's most fantabulous decorator: Stan the bower bird! Stan teaches the kids how to decorate with almost anything--shells, leaves, and pebbles. Now they can have a party in their own fantabulously decorated tree house!
#5 - Maps
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/25/2010
Nick and Sally pretend to be pirates. The Cat takes them on a real pirate adventure by following a treasure map! They use landmarks to find their way to a real pirate treasure: parchment paper and ink pens to make pirate maps of their own!
#6 - Flight of the Penguin
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/27/2010
Sally and Nick are pretending to fly in their backyard. Oh, wouldn't it be great if they really could go zooming and swooshing like a bird? The Cat in the Hat brings them to meet his good friend Percy the penguin. After a fun race with a penguin and a gull, the kids learn that not all birds fly, but that doesn't mean they can't go zooming and swooshing.
#7 - Whale Music
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/9/2010
Nick and Sally have made a song to sing to their moms, but they can't get the ending quite right. The Cat in the Hat takes them to meet the best singing teacher in the world, Humphrey the Humpback Whale! While bobbing in the ocean, Humphrey teaches the kids that whales communicate by singing, and that it's not how you sing that matters, but what you're saying in the song. The kids return home to delight their mothers with their song!
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#9 - Tree's Company
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/14/2010
Sally and Nick are playing up in their tree house when Nick's mom calls them in for lunch. Nick wonders what it would be like to stay up in that tree all the time! The Cat in the Hat knows! Or at least he has friends that do. In the Jimmer-Jammer Jungle the kids learn how different animals spend their entire lives in trees. As neat as that is, there's one thing those trees don't have, and that's mom's home cooking!
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#10 - Many Ants Make Light Work
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/8/2010
Nick and Sally are trying to put up a tent in their backyard but it's not working! Nick is pulling when Sally is pushing and it's just making a giant heap! Good thing the Cat knows a million- trillion friends who are experts at teamwork! He whisks the kids off to visit an ant colony where Nick and Sally learn that team-work makes almost anything possible.
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#11 - I Love the Nightlife
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/7/2010
Nick wants to stay awake all night. Good thing the Cat needs help finding his favorite hat that he lost in the forest of Wagamaroo! The Cat takes Nick and Sally on a nocturnal adventure, along the way meeting a variety of animals that stay up all night!
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#12 - Keep the Beat
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/16/2013
Nick and Sally have been running around the backyard and now their chests are thumpity thumping! The Cat explains that that is their hearts boom boom booming! But why? wonders Sally. A visit to Dr. Giggles will answer that question. By shrinking down super small, they follow Dr. Giggles' directions to follow the path that blood takes, learning about how the heart is a pump. They watch Thing 2's heart beat faster when he runs, and slows down when he stops. With all this running around, their bodies are now making another sound - rumbling tummies!
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#14 - Wrapper's Delight
Season 2 - Episode 31 - Aired 7/22/2013
Sally and Nick are trying to wrap a present for their moms. But they're having problems. Why meeting Cat's good friend Gina the Giraffe Weevil, will help! Gina shows them how she uses leaves to wrap her eggs to protect them while she waits for them to hatch. They learn how to carefully roll and fold the leaf so it doesn't rip and it protects the egg. Back at home they can finally finish wrapping their present — a statue of the Cat in the Hat!
#15 - Dive! Swim! Scoop!
Season 2 - Episode 32 - Aired 7/22/2013
There's a frog in Nick and Sally's pool! They have to get him out but can't catch him. Cat's good friend Penny the Pelican can teach them how to catch things in water! Along the way they meet a gannett who shows them how he dives deep into the water to catch his food and a cormorant that zigs and zags through the water to catch hers. But that won't help them catch the frog in their shallow pool. They finally find Penny and watch how she scoops with her big bill, like a net! Now Nick and Sally know how they can rescue the frog in their pool.
#16 - Stripy Safari
Season 1 - Episode 77 - Aired 9/14/2012
Nick and Sally set off on a safari with the Cat in the Hat to find all kinds of stripes. Along the way, Sally and Nick discover that stripes serve different purposes for different species. The stripes on Jake the coral snake tell other animals to stay away. Zelda and Zoran's zebra stripes help them to identify each other. And the stripes on an iris attract birds and bees.
#17 - Wool
Season 1 - Episode 78 - Aired 9/14/2012
Nick wants to learn how to knit a scarf like Sally, but they've run out of wool! A visit to Finola's farm teaches Sally and Nick how wool yarn is made: from sheep to scarf.
#18 - Big Cats
Season 1 - Episode 79 - Aired 9/17/2012
When Sally and Nick have difficulty sneaking up on Nick's mom to surprise her, the Cat brings them to meet nature's great sneaker-uppers: three big cats. The kids learn patience from a snow leopard, speed from a cheetah, and distraction techniques from a lion.
#19 - Fantastic Flour
Season 1 - Episode 80 - Aired 9/17/2012
When Sally and Nick run out of flour for making muffins, the Cat takes them to Finola's farm where they learn how wheat is harvested and ground into flour.
#20 - Anything You Can Do
Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/3/2014
Nick and Sally are pretending to be The Cat in the Hat. But there's only one Cat, no doubt about that! Pretending to be other people is hard. The Cat takes Nick and Sally to meet his good friend Mimi the Mimic Octopus to learn some tips on how to pretend to be someone else. They learn how to observe, pick out something special about the person and then copy it. Mimi does it to protect herself, but now Nick and Sally can pretend to be the one and only Cat!
#21 - Paper Chase
Season 2 - Episode 33 - Aired 12/12/2013
Sally and Nick are making paper airplanes, but have run out of paper! Luckily Cat's friend Dr. Twiggles can help them! Off to the Woody Wood Woods to see him. There, Dr. Twiggles shows them how to make new paper out of old paper — recycling! They watch how the old paper is shredded, then water and cleaner are added to make it into a thick, soupy mess! Then they put it through rollers that flatten it into large sheets of paper! Now Nick and Sally can make their airplanes, and the best part, they used recycled paper!
#22 - A Polar Adventure
Season 2 - Episode 34 - Aired 12/12/2013
Nick and Sally have lost Teddy outside, they need to find him, bears don't like the snow! Well some bears do, proclaims the Cat. In Freeze-Your-Knees-Snowland, Cat's friend Polly the polar bear loves the snow! They meet Polly and her two bear cubs and learn how their thick fur keeps them warm and how their long claws keep them from slipping on the ice. When a storm blows in, Polly keeps everyone warm in her den. Polar bears really do like the cold! Back home, Sally finds Teddy buried under the snow, but he was nice and safe in his own little den!
#23 - Balancing Act
Season 2 - Episode 35 - Aired 3/4/2014
Sally and Nick are trying to walk across a beam in their backyard, but are having trouble staying on it! Can the Cat help? Why of course! His friend Zappa the snow leopard is an amazing balancer! He uses his big wide feet and his long tail to help him keep his balance. Nick and Sally don't have tails, but they see how Zappa moves carefully to keep his weight balanced, now they know what to do at home. Using broomsticks to help them stay balanced, Nick and Sally are able to cross the balance beam. And just in time to have some yummy bran berry muffins!
#24 - Marvelous Marbles
Season 2 - Episode 36 - Aired 3/4/2014
The kids are playing with glass marbles, until one of them rolls away! It was Nick's "extra luck never miss marbleâ€, now what is he going to do? Cat will take them to a sandy beach that's full of marbles! But when they get there, all they see is sand. Cat's friend Sharky McGee explains that sand makes glass. He shows them how sand is turned into glass and all the wonderful things you can make with it. Including marbles!
#25 - Biggest Bird
Season 2 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/15/2015
Sally and Nick are pretending to be birds, because it's fun to fly! But not all birds can fly, says the Cat. His friend Os the ostrich can't fly, but he can do oh so many other things! Why don't they go meet him and try to guess what he's best at doing? Off to Savannah Saloo! They guess that he's good at being big, a really fast runner, growing beautiful feathers and seeing really far away! But those aren't what he does best. They meet Os' wife and ostrich chicks and realize that being moms and dads are what ostriches do best! Just like Nick and Sally's moms and dads!